The Duchy of Aquitaine

[Ramses II CP]

Provinces of Aquitaine:

Toulouse
Marseille (Assigned to Gontran de Linars)
Zaragosa (Assigned to Raynaud de Xaintrailles)
Bordeaux (Assigned to Christophe de Perrone)

Nobles of Aquitaine:

Prince Louis
Baron Raynaud de Xaintrailles
Gaetan de Rethel
Baron Christophe de Perronne
Baron Gontran de Linars
Yvon Lacaze (deceased)

[Ramses II CP]

The Duchy maintains an office in Paris for business outside of Aquitaine, a considerable structure at Toulouse including stables, a boarding house, and a training field, and an estate in the countryside southwest of Toulouse, in the foothills of the Pyrenees. Entering any of these structures a visitor is immediately struck by the fact that well oiled, naked blades hang crossed beneath the coat of arms. A visitor willing to test their edges will find the weapons are not merely ceremonial.

There is no charter or document declaiming the aims of the Duchy, but neither is there any way of avoiding the fact that arms and matters martial dominate the decor and environs of every structure.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Raynaud de Xaintrailles:

I hereby swear fealty to Prince Louis, if he will have me.

[Vladimir]

I [don’t have an avatar yet], dou humbly swear upoun my hounour tou humbly serve the rightful heir tou the throune of Fraance. I declare this und-er my free will. May Goud have mercy oun our enemies four I shall nout!

[TinCow]

*A dour looking man stomps into the hall. His face is somewhat flattened, as if his nose was broken as an infant. A cold glare warns off the first servant who approaches to take his cloak. Instead, he tosses it casually on the floor and turns to eye the adorning weaponry. After a lengthy examination of one of the more impressive looking spears, he nods slightly in approval and turns to the room.*

"Tell the Duke of Aquitaine that Christophe de Perronne has come to fulfill his offer. I hereby swear fealty to Prince Louis and will further his interests with my arm and my blood."

[Vladimir]

Tell me, mon seigneur de Perronne, what dou you find moust impressive about the spear? Is it the loung, heavy shaft made tou be gripped by a pouwerful warrior like yourself? Our is it the brouad, penetrating tip poulished tou perfection and made tou penetrate man and beast alike?